Video game advertisements can be cringeworthy, emotionally-charging and in the case of World of Tanks, downright bizarre. To be fair, it’s better than many gaming ...
September 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm by John Williamson
Universal Studios Japan in Osaka has recreated Resident Evil’s Raccoon City as a zombie-shooting simulator, implementing a laser-powered shooting system used in police ...
September 3, 2015 at 9:22 pm by Ashley Allen
Let’s take a minute to remember back to the days of sitting in front of the TV watching insane robots mutilate each other in an arena full of deadly traps. Now fast ...
August 20, 2015 at 5:30 pm by Rikki Wright
Japanese scientists have developed and fired the world’s most powerful laser, capable of producing a whopping 2-petawatt (2 quadrillion watt) pulse, thanks to an integrated ...
July 31, 2015 at 8:00 am by Ashley Allen
Japan has evolved to a somewhat juxtaposition within today’s fast moving tech world but has still kept its identity and influences from the past. It’s difficult to ...
July 30, 2015 at 1:00 am by Christopher Files
The UK is world-renowned for their public transport arriving 20 minutes late and charging consumers a small fortune to travel by train or bus. It’s also certainly painful to ...
July 25, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Christopher Files
Why open a hotel staffed almost exclusively by robots, with a Velociraptor behind the reception desk? Because Japan, of course. Henn na, or Weird Hotel in English, uses ...
July 17, 2015 at 2:00 am by Ashley Allen
Science fiction dictates that a variation of building will be or is being run by robots, the notion of walking into a complex and being confronted by the manager who is ...
July 16, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Christopher Files
Japan is a picturesque country which combines its traditional roots with modern technology. Nothing signifies this ethos more than the installation of Wi-Fi hotspots on the ...
July 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm by John Williamson
Games should be good. It’s quite the epiphany, right? Sadly, it may have occurred to Hajime Satomi, President of Sega, two decades too late. After the failure of it ...
July 10, 2015 at 4:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Gundam, Evangelion, Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan. If you’ve recognised those three names, you’ll be aware of the thing they have in common. Giant Robots. In response ...
July 7, 2015 at 2:30 am by Gareth Andrews
Chinese Central Television, the state-run propaganda machine of the Chinese government, has been stirring up fear of a potential war against Japan for some time now, but a ...
July 1, 2015 at 6:01 pm by Ashley Allen
Robots have become the lifeblood of many industries, their speed, accuracy and constant workflow outmatches their human rivals. Though taken away from the production line, ...
June 8, 2015 at 12:55 pm by Val Melius
Wow, this is rather scary news. The Japan Times have reported that Tokyo Electric Power Co. or more commonly known – Tepco has come under fire from an auditor for ...
May 21, 2015 at 2:58 pm by Robert Ainsworth
Japanese tech company Cyber Gadget has developed a multi-platform games console that can play all your vintage games including, surprisingly, PC Engine titles. The Retro Freak ...
May 21, 2015 at 1:58 am by Ashley Allen
